Anthropic’s IPO filing spends 69,800 words on AI’s risks to investors and says little about the risks to the rest of us

Bhaskar Chakravorti explains why Anthropic's IPO prospectus needs a "Public Risk Statement" to account for AI's hidden public costs.

Register of AI Risks & Remedies

Risks from AI: how much harm each can do, whom it reaches, how soon, and whether any remedy is ready to act on it.

AI agents are agreeing and acting: machines are now smarter than humans. Their principals merely agree : Keynote by Bhaskar Chakravorti

AI agents are moving beyond simple tools, becoming capable of coordinating and taking actions with increasing autonomy. The challenge is ensuring that companies and governments can coordinate effective oversight as quickly as the technology evolves.

Promise of AI - World Bank - Small AI: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

The future of AI in developing economies may not depend on building the biggest models, but on solving the right problems. “Small AI” can address local needs across agriculture, healthcare, education, and financial inclusion, particularly where connectivity and infrastructure are limited.

Dispatch from the Digital Planet: August 2026

Check out the latest research insights, analyst spotlights, and news from Digital Planet.

The Messi Test and how the Spaniards messed with it: what the World Cup final taught me about the jobs AI can’t touch: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Can AI replace every job? Using the FIFA World Cup and the "Messi Test" as a lens, Bhaskar Chakravorti explores why human creativity, intuition and exceptional performance remain difficult for AI to replicate.

This Industrial Revolution Is Not Like the Last One: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful catalyst for the next industrial revolution. As nations race to strengthen industrial competitiveness, success will depend on combining AI adoption with strategic investments in talent, infrastructure, and policy.

This Industrial Revolution Is Not Like the Last One: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful catalyst for the next industrial revolution. As nations race to strengthen industrial competitiveness, success will depend on combining AI adoption with strategic investments in talent, infrastructure, and policy.

The short seller’s argument nobody on the coming mega IPO roadshow wants you to make: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Surrounding AI valuations and public offerings, it highlights the overlooked markets, infrastructure, and applications that could drive the next wave of digital transformation.

What a Fragmenting Digital Economy Means for Global Competition

As digital markets become increasingly fragmented by geopolitics, regulation, and technological competition, the analysis explores how businesses and nations can adapt to a rapidly evolving global economy.

The prophet of the ‘Wired Belt’ says capitalism is finally eating itself

AI disruption will hit the "Wired Belt" hardest. By funding AI, companies are hollowing out the workforce and consumer base they depend on, self-sabotaging US capitalism.

Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts?

AI and the Emerging Geography of American Job Risk

The “Burn-to-Earn” Index: The Global Digital Economy’s Economic and Environmental Impact and Tradeoffs
DIGITAL EVOLUTION INDEX 2025

From the Covid Shock to AI Surge: How 125 Digital Economies Around the World Are Evolving and Changing

Defeating Disinformation: Digital Platform Responsibility, Regulation and Content Moderation on the Global Technological Commons

Bhaskar Chakravorti and Joel P. Trachtman's seminal work granularly examines the complexities of balancing free speech against dangerous content on social media.

Getting Real About AI for the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid: Improving the Economic Outcomes of Smallholder Farmers in Africa

Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts?

AI and the Emerging Geography of American Job Risk

Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts?

AI and the Emerging Geography of American Job Risk

Digital Evolution
Index 2026

How 125 Digital Economies Around the World are Evolving and Changing.

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